Silverdale Man, Accused of Bilking Tax Clients, Arrested

A Silverdale businessman believed to have taken untold thousands of dollars from clients he filed taxes for has been arrested, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.

Daniel L. Robertson, 62, was found Sept. 25 at a motel in Mountlake Terrace, said Scott Wilson, spokesman for the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.

Robertson has been on the radar of law enforcement since September 2008, when a Seabeck couple who invested $32,000 with him alerted authorities that he was no where to be found.

Police came upon Robertson last week while doing checks on vehicle license plates at the motel. They came upon a vehicle registered to Robinson, which alerted them to a felony warrant for theft in Kitsap County. He was arrested without incident, Wilson said.

On Thursday, Robertson appeared in Kitsap County Superior Court on the charges. He's being held in the Kitsap County jail on $150,000 bail.

According to some of his alleged victims, Robertson had filed taxes for as many as 700 people, dating back as far as 35 years.

Over that time, Robertson offered a group of his clients an investment opportunity he claimed could yield 10 percent returns. Residents from Port Ludlow to Allyn invested varying amounts with him, from $10,000 to $70,000, according to court documents.

In 2008, clients began telling authorities that not only was Robertson's Silverdale Way office closed, but that he was no where to be found.

Kitsap County Prosecutors filed theft charges against him in February, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.